Thousands of years

Chapter 23 A Good Land Boundary Makes People Jealous

"My master is here to collect this shop, hurry up and clean up and leave!"

"Hey, who did you hear about this from?"

A pair of people came here, one tall and one short, one strong and one weak, all hired by the owner of the shop. Seeing Mrs. Li and her teacher and apprentice cleaning now, they were even more rampant. If we do it, we will lose face."

She was still holding the old silk taken from the straw in her hand, upon hearing this, the sixth sister froze on the spot, and then received a reassuring look from her master: "You just keep tidying up, here Master will take care of it."

"According to the previous decision, the money for the past six months should also be paid to the little girl?" Mrs. Li reacted calmly beyond her imagination as an apprentice.

The visitor heard the sound of laughter, took out a cloth pocket and threw it on the table, his face became more and more contemptuous: "It's just a matter of a few coins, my master does not lack you."

"My master is not that intolerable. I will give you three days. If you still occupy this shop after three days, the person who will confront you at the Yamen will not be such a talkative person as our master."

Having achieved the purpose of this trip, the two returned to their orders along the alley where they came, leaving only the spectators in the alley and the master and apprentice in the center of the stage.

Sister An Liu was still holding those old silks in her hands, she just stood by the clean water tank and looked at Master, without even saying a word—why did Master have to compromise with those shady things?
As the saying goes: 'teach the apprentice, starve the master'.This is indeed not unreasonable.Not all disciples will be like Miss An Liu, who will share hardships with the master.Educating thousands of people, it is true that it is indispensable to meet two or two selfish people.

"There is a cheaper shop next to Liu Guan's shop. If you and I are both busy, someone can take care of it for you." The master naturally guessed what the apprentice was thinking, and explained with a smile.

"Go and tidy up. If we don't leave, someone will rent this shop at a high price, and it will make it too late for us to find a suitable frontage on the street."

"Yesterday, Guanren Liu reminded me in the letter that someone has taken a fancy to the good location of this store, otherwise they would have caught us both by surprise..."

Fortunately, both the master and the apprentice are not the ones who say half and hide half, so as to avoid misunderstandings for no reason.After finishing the conversation, Mrs. Li led her disciples to continue packing the things to be removed.

"How can this so-called Mrs. Li have such arrogance, and she can tell the master to hire us here... I'm sorry for her apprentice, who has followed such a master!"

The man who was a little shorter was holding a few copper coins that had been buckled in his hands, and the sound of metal clashing echoed in the alley: "Wouldn't it be better to save trouble? It'll save you from going to the government in the end."

"As for that apprentice of hers, I don't know how to judge people, so who can I rely on after following such a master?" Asked the copper coin to be twirled on the finger, picked up again to the sky, and then took it back, "Pros and cons?"

The tall and strong man didn't respond, the matter of withholding the copper coins was somewhat unethical, but it was not within the scope of his own control, so he waved his hand to signal that he would not participate.

"Is there a Hedong lion at home?" The little man also squinted, and hid the copper in his hand into his purse, "Her apprentice is the sixth sister of the An family, and the An family is not a poor family, so I should worry more about it." Do your own business!"

Walking with his head down, he pretended that he didn't hear the words mixed with the repeated clashing of copper coins. The taller and stronger man walked, and walked to a place five or six steps away from the smaller man...

This little man always went to Jingci Temple like the literati, but it was different from the latter, simply going to burn incense and worship gods.I don't know how unconscionable those copper coins are withheld in my hand, and how those joss sticks look like a joke!

Broken silver collapsing and splashing in the West Lake boils, and the exchanges of good faith and believers are mostly wealth.The rain poured mud all over the ground, causing the two masters and apprentices who did not carry umbrellas to be in a panic for a while, but the people in Jingci Temple by the West Lake did not miss half a cent.

　①According to "Song: The Dawn of Modern Times", the words "Hedong Lion" and "Rouge Tiger" both came from the Song Dynasty.

　　②Due to the development of the economy and the "poverty and weakness" caused by the "redundant soldiers and redundant staff" in the Song Dynasty, since the Northern Song Dynasty, both the government and the people have rented out houses.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)